John Amery famous quotes

It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.
-- John Amery

#Government #Decision #Patriotism

Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?
-- John Amery

#Dream #Father #War

That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization.
-- John Amery

#Civilization #Political #Prejudice

Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.
-- John Amery

#Air #Three #Arms

Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward.
-- John Amery

#Afterlife #Tonight #Radio

For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.
-- John Amery

#Country #Fog #Years

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.
-- John Amery

#Men #Law #Habeas Corpus

American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.
-- John Amery

#Numbers #Ulster #Troops

It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.
-- John Amery

#Russia #People #Acting

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision.

Venture capitalists are like lemmings jumping on the software bandwagon.

The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service] a permanent or long standing force would be entirely different in make-up and call.

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends.

The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are too fundamental to ignore or gloss over.

We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.